Genetic diversity of algal and fungal partners in four species of Umbilicaria (lichenized ascomycetes) along a transect of the Antarctic Peninsula

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1209-1217

  Romeike, J ^a   Friedl, T ^b   Helms, G ^b   Ott, S ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antarctica; Genetic diversity; Lichen; Mycobiont; Photobiont; Selectivity

Indexed keywords

RIBOSOME DNA;

ANTARCTICA; ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; LICHENS; NONHUMAN; SYMBIOSIS; CLASSIFICATION; FUNGAL GENE; GENETICS; GREEN ALGA; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ALGAE; ASCOMYCOTA; CHLOROPHYTA; FUNGI; TREBOUXIA; UMBILICARIA;

ALGAE, GREEN; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; ASCOMYCOTA; BASE SEQUENCE; GENES, FUNGAL; LICHENS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0036667681     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a004181     Document Type: Article

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